Knockdown cabinet.



No. 828.133. PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906. P. MORRISON. KNOGKDOWN CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 10V. 2l. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTORI/EVS UNITED STATES PEENT OFFICE.

PUTNAM MORRISON, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

I KNooKDowN GABINET.v

Specification of Letters Patent.

Yatented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed November 22, 1804. Serial No. 233,837-

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, PUTNAM MORRISON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Knockdown Cabinet, of which the Vuse of a great number of fastening devices.

Reference is to be had to the-accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a cabinet constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a e'rspective representing the several parts of tllfe cabinet as disconnected or disjointed, but showing them in position when about to be assembled. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section passing through the cabinet. Fig. ,4 is an edge view of the door. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through an upper corner of the cabinet and at the side thereof. This view shows a portion of the cover disjointed from the side throughwhich thesection is taken. Fi 6 is a vertical section taken through one sice of the cabinet at the lower portion thereof.

To refer more particularl to the parts, 1 represents the complete ca inet, which has substantially the appearance illustrated in Fig. 1, the bod of the cabinet being provided with a suitab e door 2, preferably attached near one corner of the cabinet by means of suitable hinges 3. A

The construction of the body of the cabinet is most clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The back ofthe body preferably consists of a single (panel 4, the vertical edges of which are rigi ly attached to` cornerieces 5, said corner-pieces being preferab y attached so that their rear faces are substantially flush with the rear face of the back. The inner or forward faces of the corner-pieces 5 are preferably provided with longitudinal grooves 6, which extend continuously throughout the len th thereof, as shown.

A e forward portion of the body consists of 'a frame 7, which is preferably of substan- 'tially rectangular form, as shown, comprising uprights 8, which constitutes corner-pieces for the cabinet-body, the said uprights being united by an upper cross-bar 9, a lower crossbar 10, and an intermediate cross-bar 11. These bars 9, 10, and 11 are preferably of substantially the same thickness as the uprights or corner-pieces 8, so that their forward and rear faces are flush with each other, as shown. The rear faces of the corner-pieces 8 are provided with longitudinally-disposed grooves 12, which are substantially similarv to the grooves 6 aforesaid. Like the grooves 6, these grooves 12 extend continuously throughout the entire length of the corner-pieces 8.

The sides 13 of the cabinet preferably comprise an upper panel 14 and a lower panel 15, the ends of which abut upon a line 16 when the parts are assembled to form a complete cabinet, as indicated in Fig. 1. The forward and rear ed es of the sides 13 are formed with longitudine. ly-disposed tongues' 17, which tongues are adapted to be received in the grooves 6 and 12, referred to above, in a manner which will be described more fully hereinafter. To the upper edges of the sides 13 moldin -pieces 18 are res ectively attached, prefera ly by means of c eats 19, which extend transversel at the u per ed es of the side pieces, as s own n Fig. 5. he inner edges of these moldin -pieces are preferably substantiall flush wit the inner faces of the sides, as indicated, and these edges are undercut or formed with a rabhet 20, which extends continuousl throughout their entire len th. With this construction when the mo ding has been attached to the upper edge of the sides a continuous` groove is formed, the pur ose of which will appear more fully hereina ter. As shown, the molding-pieces are of such length that they project at their extremities beyond the vertical edges of the panels 14.

At the ad`acent edges of the panels 14 and 15, which a ut, as described, upon the line 16, the parts are rabbeted, as indicated at 21. The object of these rabbets at this point will appear more fully hereinafter. The cover 22 o the cabinet com rises a single panel 23, to the forward ed e o which a molding-piece 24 is rigidly attac ed, said molding-piece being of such length that it rojects at its extremities, as shown, beyond) the ends of the panel. The end .edges of the panel 23 are rabbeted Aon their upper sides, as indicated at 25, so as to form a continuous tongue 26 at each edge.

The parts or sections of the cabinet-body are united by fitting the tongues 17 ofthe sides into the grooves 6 and 12 in such a man- 'rear corner-pieces 5.

ner that the projecting extremities of the molding-pieces 18 restupon the end faces of.

"the parts are assembled 'the bolts may be assed'through. The rear extremities ofthe olts are threaded, so as to receive Wing-nuts 30, which firmly holdthe'parts in position. In order to allow'the bolts 27 to pass, (which bolts are located at'theupper portion of the cabinet,) the inner edges of the sides 13 are 'formed with transverse grooves 31.f The boltsv 27, which are located intermediate of the `upper andlower portions ofthe cabinet,

are received in the s ace formed at'the rabbeted edges 21. T e lowermost bolts 27'b are received in a rabbet 32, Which is formed at'the lower ed e of the sides, asvindicated most clearly in `ig. 6. The cover 22 is applied vto the bodyof the cabinet byforcing it frearwardlyinto position, 5the tongues 2G at the edges of the panel 23 being received in -the ooves formed b the 'rabbets 2() in'the mol ing-piecesl-S. f he cover is forced back in this manner until the 'projecting ends of i the molding-piece 24 abut against lthe for- 'confined alone 'to cabinets having Evidently 'the ward ends -of the molding-pieces l18. The molding-pieces v1-8 and 24 are formed so that they match, giving the entire molding of'the' cabinet Aan artistic and ornamental appearance. i

If the cabinet is intended to receive removable shelves 33 ,the inner faces of the sides 13 'aregprovided with transverselydisposed cleats 34, upon which-the ends of the shelves Vmay rest, as shown. However,the interior arrangement may be anything desired, and the application of the invention is'not'to be shelves. rinciples of v,the -invention could be a pliedp in the construction of cabinets and c osets of all-sorts and for any purposes.

A cabinet'constructed in the manner described evidently can'bereadily put together or taken apart for shipment and possesses the advantage that in its construction'numerous fastening devices are renderedunnecessary.

The cabinet described above is especially adapted for the purposes of a. knockeddown or folding'article, but may be used for other purposes and'theparts left permanently attached together.

While I-have described thepreferred form of construction "for this cabinet, slight changes ofthesame maybe made in actual practice-'not-departing 'from the spirit ofthe invention.

ing said grooves and adapted to slide intofpol sition from the-front.

2. Ina-cabinet 'incombinatiom sides,-a

lfront and a back making a tongue-andgroove connection with said sides, bolts'passing through said frontand said back and clamping the same to said sides, said sides including molding-pieces-at the upper edges thereof, said molding-pieces havin r=projeot ing extremities which rest upon-t e up er edges of said front and said back,said-mo}l ing-pieces having undercut inner edges forming grooves, and a'cover engagingsaid grooves and having a molding-'piece adapted to abut said first molding-pieces. v

3. In a cabinet incombination, sides, =a front and a back making tongue-and-greove connections with said sides, bolts passing through said front and -said back andy clamping the same'to said sides, said sidesihaving molding-pieces at 'the upper extremities thereof with projecting extremities rest' upon the upper edges of said front and sai back, said molding-pieces'being undercut'to form grooves, and a cover'presentingtongucs at the'edges thereof adapted'tobe'reeeived in said grooves, said coverlincluding'a molding-piece with projecting extremities 'adapted to abut the projecting extremities'of said first molding-pieces and matching therewith, -said sides'having grooves formed `on theinner faces thereof through which said bolts ass. P 4. In a cabinet in'combination lsides, "a lfront and a back in connection "therewith, bolts passing 'through -said 'front'and -said back, Wing-nuts carried :'by said belts and seating against said back, said -sideshfW-ing molding-pieces attached at the upperedges thereof with projecting extremities sresti upon the'upper edges of said 4front andsai back, said molding-pieces'being-undercut to lform grooves, said sides being lformed --'f separable panels 'having grooved abutting edges, said grooved abutting ledges being adapted to receive a pair of said bolts, a cover comprising a panel with grooved -edges lreceived by said'molding-pieces, said cover' further comprising a molding-'piece and rejecting extremities which overlapthe "forward lends of saidfirst molding-pieces-'andmatch therewith, cleats attached to the inner t'faces of said sides, and removable shelves-adapted to rest upon said cleats.

5. IIn a cabinet, the combinationwith the loo IIO

.said sides, the sides vbeing provided with molding-pieces at the upper edges having their extremities projecting beyond the vertical edges of the sides and resting upon the' upper edges of the front and' back, and a cover engaging grooves in the said moldingpieces.

`6. In a cabinet, the combination with the sides, having longitudinally-disposed tongues at their forward and rear edges, and the frontand back having their inner or opposing faces provided with lon 'tudinal grooves adapted to receive the sai tongues, of bolts passing through said front and said back ad- ]acent to their side edges and clam in said front and back to said sides, the sideseing provided with molding-pieces at their upper edges having rojecting extremities adapted to rest u on t e upper edges of said front and said bac and a cover engaging said molding-pieces.

7. In a cabinet, the combination with the sides, and the front and back having tongueand-groove connections with said sides, of

bolts passing through said front and said back and clamping the same to said sides, said sides being provided With moldingpieces at the upper edges thereof having pro- ]ecting extremities which rest upon the u per edges of said front and back, said moldingpieces having undercutinner edges forming grooves and a cover engaging said grooves and adapted to slide into position from the front.

8. In a cabinet, ,the combination with the sides, and the front and the back having longitudinal ton and said back adjacent to their side edges, the said bolts extending through the said tongue-andJgroove connections and clamping said front and said back to said sides, and a` PUTNAM MORRISON.

Witnesses:

TH. UNDERWooD. J. C. SHEL'roN.

e-and-groove connections with' the sides, o bolts passing through said front 

